Higher Learning Now

HLN 43 Group texting!

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2012

ClassParrot Celly Remind101 (iphone app) How can you use group texting to support your learning or the learning of others? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

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HLN 42 Create, Collaborate, and Share with LiveBinders

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2012

Livebinders website How can you use Livebinder to support your learning or the learning of others? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

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HLN 41: Lights, Camera, Animoto!

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2012

Animoto website How can you use Animoto to support your learning or the learning of others? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

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HLN 40: Kill Your Writing Procrastination with Write or Die

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2012

Write or Die website (use the link on the side menu to get to the free web version of Write or Die) OmmWriter is Robin’s other favorite distraction-free writing tool We talked about distraction-free writing and several tools in HLN#20 2012 Horizon Report Will you use Write or Die to […]

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HLN 39: Remember to follow up with FollowUpThen!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2012

FollowUpThen website and video demo What do you think–how will you use Followupthen? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

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HLN 38: MIT’s Open Courseware

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2012

MIT OpenCourseWare Turns 10 MIT OCW MIT OCW app in iTunes OpenStudy OCW Scholar Open Education Week (was Mar 5-10) Creative Commons The Power of Open Open Culture (“the best free cultural & educational media on the web”) MERLOT (we talked about MERLOT on show #4 ) How can you […]

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HLN 37: Tell me a (digital) story

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2012

Creaza mindmapping, video-editing, sound-editing story creation suite Acid Planet – online community of individual digital musicians and videographers and includes weekly free audio loops How can you use Creaza and digital storytelling to support and enhance learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or […]

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HLN 36: Create a Second Learning Stream with Backchanneling

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2012

Some backchannel platforms: Chatzy Tiny Chat Backchan.nl: website and best practices from Backchan.nl Todays Meet Other backchannel resources: 7 Things You Should Know About Backchannel Communications, pdf (Educause) Using the Backchannel in Your Classroom (Technology for You and Classroom blog) Backchannel Best Practices (ASTD Learning Circuits) Building a Better Backchannel (ProfHacker) Social […]

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HLN 35: Create a Private Social Network with Yammer and Chatter

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2012

SalesForce ChatterYammer A comparison of the free versions of Chatter and Yammer Set-up Yammer for a small group (similarly can be done with Chatter) Yammer & Chatter and Getting into Hot Water How can you use Yammer or Chatter to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this […]

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HLN 34: Collaborative Cloud-Based Video Editing with WeVideo

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2012

WeVideo – web-based, collaborative video editor AnyVideoConverter website (we also discussed it on the podcast in show #9 ) How can you use WeVideo to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe […]

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HLN 33: Easily Get Google Data from the Cloud to Your Computer

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2012

Google Takeout- save some or all of your Google data into a downloadable archive InSync – create an InSync folder on your computer and it will create an automatic two-way sync with your Google docs Google Data Liberation Front How will you use Google Takeout or InSync to help your productivity or to support […]

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HLN 32: Have a group? GroupTweet!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2012

GroupTweet home page How will you use GroupTweet to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

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HLN 31: LMS + Google Docs = Shared Doc for Small Groups

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2012

Google docs home page How might you use Google docs sharing to make it easier for small groups to collaborate? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to […]

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HLN 30: Share comments verbally with VoiceThread

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2012

VoiceThread home page VoiceThread digital library with examples of educational uses Wiki for VoiceThread users Information for planning a VoiceThread Wiki with links to ideas and samples Penn State VoiceThread webpage (with links to additional resources) How do you use voicethread to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to […]

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HLN 29: Let IFTTT take care of your tasks for you!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2012

ifttt homepage (pronounced like “lift” without the “L”, stands for “if this then that) How might you use ifttt yourself or to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via […]

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HLN 28: Using Facebook Advertising for Education?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2012

Facebook in Education has often focused on its social media aspect and social media in the educational process, but Facebook can also be used in “getting out the word” in the educational process through Facebook Advertising. FB advertising is the small advertisements that one sees on the left hand side of the FB screen. […]

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HLN 27: Creating a Newspaper from Tweets…and more!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2012

Creating a Tweet (and more!) Newpaper Paper.li home page Howard Rheingold’s Paper.li Education Technology curated by Lisa Koster Social Learning Daily curated by Carlos Suso The Learning4Tomorrow Daily curated by Elliott Rosenberg Scoop.it homepage #elearning_Aneesh curated by Aneesh Bhat Games + Learning for Higher Education curated by Michelle A. Hoyle […]

HLN 26: Can you hear me now? Audio Editing!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2011

Creating and Editing Audio with Audacity Audacity download page Useful tools and plugins for Audacity Lame plugin download page and installation instructions AnyAudioConverter (windows only) Levelator Chris’s compress dynamics download page Resources to help you learn to use Audacity: Audacity Help Page including tutorials Audacity instructional handouts, pdf (Mindy McAdams, […]

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HLN 25: A Picture..and a Shared Whiteboard…is Worth a Thousand Words

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2011

Online Shared Whiteboard: Scriblink! Scriblink shared whiteboard page Scriblink features include: Privacy: the board is all yours, open only to the people you choose to invite Dynamic Tools: use shapes, hundreds of colors, a size bar, a text feature, and a grid to help guide your drawings File Options: […]

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HLN 24: Let Me Ask You a Question…Online Survey Programs!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2011

Online Survey Programs! There are many online survey generators includings: SurveyMonkey SocialSci Zoomerang KwikSurvey Bzoink How do you use online surveys to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this […]

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HLN 23: QR Codes for Learning!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2011

QR Codes for Learning! There are lots of QR Code generators; here are three of our favorites: Kaywa, Qurify, Delivr The following resources are also contained in this QR Code: Introduction to QR Codes (Common Craft) QR Huh? What the heck is a QR […]

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HLN 22: Create Rubrics with Rubistar

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2011

Create Rubrics with Rubistar Rubistar webpage Rubrix webpage The Rubric Builder webpage WayPoint Outcomes webpage The Rubric Library Other Resources/Ideas Mentioned in the Show Blind Men and the Elephant story (wikipedia describes the origins of various versions of the story) Competency Acquisition Model (conscious competence model) How can you use […]

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HLN 21: Mindmapping with XMind

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2011

Mindmapping with XMind : XMind website Overview of Xmind 2008 (video) XMind Demo: Basic Operations (Part 1 of 2), video 1:09 XMind Demo: Structures (Part 2 of 2), video 2:11 How can you use mindmapping tools to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or […]

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HLN #20: Distraction Free Writing Tools

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2011

Create a Distraction-Free Writing Environment : Text Editor Notepad on Macintosh and PC Modifiy your word processor for a minimalistic format MS Word 2003 and 2011 (pc): Under the View menu, select Fullscreen MS Word 2007 (pc): Under the View menu, select View Fullscreen.In the upper, right corner, click on the […]

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HLN #19: Brainstorming, Processing And More With Wallwisher

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2011

Wallwisher Resources: Wallwisher webpage A PDF Guide to Using Wallwisher, pdf document How can you use Wallwisher to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

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HLN #18: OneNote to Organize and Keep Track of Everything

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2011

OneNote Resources: OneNote Webpage OneNote Demo OneNote Blog OneNote on YouTube How can you use OneNote (or Evernote) to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, […]

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HLN #17: Wikis!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2011

Wiki Resources: Brief history of the first wiki (Wikipedia) Wiki’s in plain english video (Common Craft) WikiSpaces website, embeddable widgets, help specifically for educators, wikispaces for educators, 5 quick video tours/tutorials Everything Wiki (wikis in education, corporate wikis, articles, examples, and lots more!) 50 Ways to Use Wiki’s for a More […]

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HLN 16: Presentations (and more) with Prezi

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2011

Prezi Resources: Prezi homepage (sign up and pricing. And check out the sample Prezi’s!) Prezi’s wikipedia page The Prezi website also includes tutorials (including how to “Prezify your Powerpoint presentations) and cheatsheets, as well as many ways to connect with the Prezi community. The Ultimate Guide to Prezi There are several Prezi […]

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HLN #15: Create Quizzes and Exercises with Hot Potatoes

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2011

Hot Potatoes Resources: Hot Potatoes homepage including downloads, tutorials in 18 languages, and example sites 5 instructional tutorials on creating quizes and exercises in Hot Potatoes (created by a professor at Western Illinois University (There are four other instructional videos available in this series listed on the right side of the webpage.) Other Resouces […]

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HLN #14: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words with Snapashot

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2011

Snapashot Resources: Snapashot download from CNET Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes or RSS

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HLN 13: Manage Your Online Reading With Google Reader

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2011

(whoops, we originally posted the wrong audio for this episode. Corrected as of Aug 28. Sorry about that!) Google Reader Resources: Google Reader home page (you’ll need to sign in first.) Google Reader help page Google Reader blog. Consider subscribing to keep up to date on the newest happens […]

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HLN 12: Use Toodledo…and get organized!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2011

Toodledo Resources: Toodledo home page Toodledo Forums (learn from others) How to use Toodledo (6 minute introduction. Direct YouTube link) Introduction to Toodledo (Episode 37 of the Mobile Classroom – lengthier than above, 28 minutes, it includes more detail and briefly links to methodology of David Allen’s Getting Things Done. Direct YouTube link.) […]

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HLN 11: Bookmarking + Social = Diigo, A Social Bookmarking Tool

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2011

Diigo Resources: Diigo homepage Diigo video overview–Collect and Highlight, Then Remember! (more Diigo videos) Diigo tools Diigo educator accounts Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes or RSS

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HLN 10: Smile…You’re on Ustream!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2011

Ustream Resources: Ustream home page Ustream support page Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes or RSS

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HLN 9: Download and Convert Videos with Download Helper and AnyVideoConverter

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2011

Download Helper Download Helper home page (Firefox) After the podcast we realized Download Helper is also available for Internet Explorer. It’s still in Beta, but it seems to work! Here’s a quick installation guide if you need it. Download Helper also has documentation-Firefox /documentation-IE and user-generated instructional videos-Firefox to help you learn […]

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HLN 8: Gather Real-Time Information with PollEverywhere

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2011

Poll Everywhere: Home Page, Demo/Tour, Video demos of premium (i.e. non-free) features Using Polling and Smartphones to Keep Students Engaged (Faculty Focus website) Classroom Response System (Clickers) Bibliography (Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University) Listen to podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe […]

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HLN 7: Meet Your New Research Assistant – Zotero

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2011

Higher Learning Now podcast 7: Meet Your New Research Assistant – Zotero Zotero home page Other Resources and Tools Mentioned During the Podcast Endnote (right-click to download the MP3 of this podcast to your computer)

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HLN 6: Access and Share Your Files Everywhere with Dropbox

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2011

Higher Learning Now podcast 6: Access and Share Your Files Everywhere with Dropbox Sign up for a free dropbox account with this affiliate link and get an extra 250mb storage for free! Dropbox home page Dropbox Add-on’s from Dropbox wiki Upload files to dropbox via email – Use app SendtoDropbox or do-it-yourself as explained in the […]

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HLN 005: Join.me and Screen Sharing Software

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2011

Higher Learning Now podcast 5: Join.me (and other screen sharing programs) Join.me Join.me website (the start-a-screenshare-page) Join.me Quick Preview and Tutorial (video) Screen Sharing Program Description Cost Maximum number of attendees Download for meeting starter? Download for attendees? Mobile apps? Adobe Acrobat web conferencing Web conferencing with screen sharing Free for up to 3 […]

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HLN 002: Screencasting with Jing!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2010

Higher Learning Now podcast #2: Screencasting with Jing Topic: Using Jing for Learning Resources Jing description and download page (TechSmith) Jing tutorials (TechSmith) Ways to use Jing, language teaching (Teacher Training Videos. Warning: Launches immediately) ScreenCastle (another easy-to-use screencasting program) (right-click to download the MP3 of this podcast to your computer) (Leave us […]

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